Category Archives: Sick Frickin’ Bastards

Wankers of the Week, Special Edition: Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Posted on May 14, 2011 by Sabina Becker

More mood music is in order for this one. Take it away, Bruce: Ah. That was lovely. Great Canadian singer/songwriter, folks–and with the added distinction of having had this song banned from the radio airwaves in the US because it … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't That Illegal?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Wankers of the Week | 2 Comments

Ignorance and prejudice and fear…

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Sabina Becker

First up, a little mood music from the maestros: And now, today’s dose of mother-fucking outrage: The Big News Network website reports today (April 4, 2011) that extremist US pastor Terry Jones has announced he will lead an anti-Islam rally … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Do As I Say..., Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Spooks, The 'Stans, The Hardcore Stupid, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra | 6 Comments

What’s wrong with these pictures?

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Germany’s Der Spiegel captions this photo as follows: “This photo shows the corpse of farmer’s son Gul Mudin, killed January 15, 2010, with a member of the ‘Kill Team’ posing behind it. Der SPIEGEL has published three photos from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Barreling Right Along, Confessions of a Bad German, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fine Young Cannibals, Isn't That Illegal?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The 'Stans, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra | 5 Comments

Insanity at a Brazilian bike rally

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Sabina Becker

This is just disgusting: Video in Portuguese, with English subtitles very helpfully added. Ricardo José Neis (correct spelling of the driver’s name, given as “Neif” in the video) tried to run down a Critical Mass bike rally in Porto Alegre. … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil is the Bomb!, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

Found: One backbone. Location: Argentina!

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Cristina, you’ve done it again. Besitos: Argentina has accused the US of trying to smuggle weapons and satellite phones into the country after cargo on a US military plane was seized last week. Argentine officials say the material was not … Continue reading →

Posted in Don't Cry For Argentina, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Fascism Without Swastikas, Guns, Guns, Guns, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Obamarama!, Sick Frickin' Bastards | 1 Comment

A terrible story

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

At Sunday dinner today, my mom shared a story about a woman in the German farm village where she grew up. This woman and her family, like my mother’s, were ethnic German refugees from Yugoslavia, who came up around 1944, … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, If You REALLY Care, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, She Blinded Me With Science, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

Russell Williams, micro and macro

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

According to the documentary film The Corporation, corporations enjoy the same legal status as actual persons, even though they are nothing of the sort. The film went on to ask the pertinent question: If a corporation is a person, what … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Cops Behaving Badly, Do As I Say..., Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Sick Frickin' Bastards | 1 Comment

Oh, gag me with a meat cleaver!

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I know you’re not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but I think that’s ridiculous. Do we not speak ill of Hitler and Stalin all the time? There are some people to whom one owes not even token posthumous … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Obits and 'bobs, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The Hardcore Stupid | 1 Comment

Collateral Murder: The aftermath in Baghdad

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Two unembedded reporters for Big Noise Films were in Baghdad–coincidentally, the day after the notorious Collateral Murder shootings occurred (and were caught on camera by the helicopter gunships doing the firing.) They prove conclusively that everything the US government has … Continue reading →